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“Incomes have been largely stagnant for two decades, despite a recent uptick. Filling the gap between earning and spending is an explosion of finance into nearly every corner of the consumer economy. Consumer debt, not counting mortgages, has c… Read More

Members of ABI’s Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy discuss the recommendations in the Final Report focused on the Code’s credit counseling and financial management course requirements, and asks the question: do the new provisions make a f… Read More

Seventh Circuit directs City of Chicago to release impounded vehicles and affirms holding in Thompson. Read More

In In re Brown, Case No. 18-81242 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. May 9, 2019), Judge Perkins of the Central District of Illinois, concluded that property of the estate did not include that portion of a debtor’s annual bonus payable after the petition date t… Read More

Last month, the Senate Judiciary Committee reintroduced the Small Business Reorganization Act (SB 1091). SB 1091 is intended to streamline the process for small businesses (those with debts less than $2,566,050) that wish to use Chapter 11 to reorgan… Read More

In Moore, the bankruptcy court for the Eastern District of Tennessee joined a majority of courts and held that money inherited outside of the 180 day window set forth in § 541 was still property of the chapter 13 estate. In the Moore case, the debto… Read More

Every now and then, a debtor will appear in bankruptcy court on a case that is set to be dismissed. The nervous debtor will stand at the podium, and the judge will ask the debtor why he or she has not filed certain required papers within the time pre… Read More

In the November/December issue of the ABF Journal, attorney Jefferey Wurst explains the different types of MCAs and how Courts have ruled regarding the vehicle. According to Mr. Wurst, first there “are MCAs that advance money and get repaid sol… Read More